Movie: The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays

Top 3 Billed Cast

Richard Carlson
Richard Carlson

The Fiction Writer

Frank Baxter
Frank Baxter

Dr. Research (as Dr. Frank Baxter)

Mae West
Mae West

Miss Ultraviolet (voice, archive footage)

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    Part of acclaimed filmmaker Frank Capra's "Wonders of Life" series of science-based films (which won an Emmy Award for Best Editing) teaches kids about the power of gamma rays and radiation.

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    1957-10-25

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